Americans have never been able to tell the difference, when my cousin and I were researching our genealogy, we found that our last name is Scottish and the family immigrated to Pennsylvania in the early 1700s, but that is where we ran into some issues tracing what happened next since in all the historical texts we could find of the era referred to that group of immigrants as "The Irish." Turns out the Quakers didn't know the difference.

Not stuff from their Claddagh years, when they were making more traditional music and not big orchestral pieces, or gimmicky songs with pop stars? (Although I'll admit, I *do* like Mo Ghile Mear from that album) I would have even accepted "Celebration" or one of their numbered albums

Premeditated_Road_Rage: List fails without the Corrs.

Please - if we are going to go that pop-ish, the Cranberries should be there well before the Corrs.

Tom_Slick:LectertheChef: For some reason Americans can't tell the difference.

CSB:

Americans have never been able to tell the difference, when my cousin and I were researching our genealogy, we found that our last name is Scottish and the family immigrated to Pennsylvania in the early 1700s, but that is where we ran into some issues tracing what happened next since in all the historical texts we could find of the era referred to that group of immigrants as "The Irish." Turns out the Quakers didn't know the difference.

Today is St. Patrick's day, so in honor of all things Irish, you should eat a bowl of Lucky Charms for breakfast, wash it down with a McDonald's Shamrock Shake, listen to a House of Pain CD, and then put green food coloring in a Budweiser, to make it traditional. Just like they do in Ireland.

wellreadneck:Tom_Slick: LectertheChef: For some reason Americans can't tell the difference.

CSB:

Americans have never been able to tell the difference, when my cousin and I were researching our genealogy, we found that our last name is Scottish and the family immigrated to Pennsylvania in the early 1700s, but that is where we ran into some issues tracing what happened next since in all the historical texts we could find of the era referred to that group of immigrants as "The Irish." Turns out the Quakers didn't know the difference.

Unfortunately the list left out an artistic low budget film that never was in major theaters. It is "The Brylcreem Boy's" and included Jean Butler, the original lead dancer of RiverDance as part of the cast.

I'm from a town where we remembered 20 years ago the murders of two inocent young boys ( 12 and 3 ) this week. Their Parents have forgiven but I'll never forget. I attended a Catholic school and was brought up as a Catholic. They did not care they bombed our town the day before mothers day. They aimed it at kids.

Americans have never been able to tell the difference, when my cousin and I were researching our genealogy, we found that our last name is Scottish and the family immigrated to Pennsylvania in the early 1700s, but that is where we ran into some issues tracing what happened next since in all the historical texts we could find of the era referred to that group of immigrants as "The Irish." Turns out the Quakers didn't know the difference.

Scots-Irish?

Scots-Irish is just a polite was of saying Protestant Bastard.

Better stick with "Hillbilly" or "Redneck". Sure, it's somewhat less than polite, but if you clump them in with the rest of the Protestants, you're bound to piss off an some thin-skinned WASP.

SankeySte:I'm from a town where we remembered 20 years ago the murders of two inocent young boys ( 12 and 3 ) this week. Their Parents have forgiven but I'll never forget. I attended a Catholic school and was brought up as a Catholic. They did not care they bombed our town the day before mothers day. They aimed it at kids.

SankeySte:I'm from a town where we remembered 20 years ago the murders of two inocent young boys ( 12 and 3 ) this week. Their Parents have forgiven but I'll never forget. I attended a Catholic school and was brought up as a Catholic. They did not care they bombed our town the day before mothers day. They aimed it at kids.

One Protestant, One Catholic

Have a great St Patrick's day but I shall not be joining you

/The Cranberries sang about the incident in Zombie

And I get all proud and happy that someone is taking a stand and speaking out about something that which is near and dear to them.And then I see this:

As I pointed out to an earlier poster, so is John Wayne, who appears on the list in TFA. Why have different standards for movies and music?

I'd wager 99.9999999% of Guinness Stout consumed today in the US was brewed and bottled in the US.

I don't wish to belabor the the point but it seems silly to exclude the Murphys from this discussion just because they are from the United States.

Because the film he was in was filmed in Ireland, the rest of the cast was Irish, and it was about Ireland. You are comparing apples to oranges

/FWIW, I really like DM and FM//But the list has it right in those cases

So all The Dropkick Murphys have to do is record an album in Ireland and we'll have nothing further to discuss, right? Got it.

Honestly, I don't give a shiat whether they are on this list or not. I'm not even that big a fan. I only know of them from my daughter, The Departed and their informal association with the Boston Red Sox. Oh, and the fact they are an Irish/Celtic band. I do find it amusing however, that at least 3 Farkers are making a big deal of my mention of them in this thread

John Buck 41:So all The Dropkick Murphys have to do is record an album in Ireland and we'll have nothing further to discuss, right? Got it.

Way to miss the point. They are an American band, with American members, singing about American themes. Sure, you can append "Irish-" in front of all those "American" bits, but that doesn't make them Irish, it makes them Irish-American.

The sad thing here is you say you aren't a big fan, and I consider myself a fan, so some might consider we are arguing the opposite sides of what you would expect.

/Whatevs, I am off to work//It is 18 March here, now, so I'll save random Irish arguments for next year

SankeySte: I'm from a town where we remembered 20 years ago the murders of two inocent young boys ( 12 and 3 ) this week. Their Parents have forgiven but I'll never forget. I attended a Catholic school and was brought up as a Catholic. They did not care they bombed our town the day before mothers day. They aimed it at kids.

One Protestant, One Catholic

Have a great St Patrick's day but I shall not be joining you

/The Cranberries sang about the incident in Zombie

And I get all proud and happy that someone is taking a stand and speaking out about something that which is near and dear to them.And then I see this:

Cormee: St Patrick planted that bomb?

Get over yourself.

And I am quickly brought back to reality, as I chuckle and remember what website I am at.

While it may sound like 100% snark, there is a point behind my post.

What happened in Warrington was undoubtedly horrific, however Northern Ireland is littered with towns that have suffered far more pain.

The fact that these poor kids' parents have managed to forgive and move on, as have a very large % of those living in NI who experienced the suffering first-hand. However, here we have this clown, navel-gazing over something that barely affected him.

Yes I'm Irish, and no, I don't support terrorism of any kind. The changes that have taken place in the relationships of all parties involved in the NI conflict, in the last two decades or so have been fantastic. Yet for some reason it's those who have had the least to do with the conflict who have the strongest opinion on the matter